Aims & Scope
Area publishes concise high quality papers and commentaries that shape key debates within and beyond the discipline of geography.
The journal awards an annual prize for excellent geographical research from new researchers.
View Aims & ScopeMetrics & Ranking
Impact Factor
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.1 |
| 2024 | 1.60 |
Journal Rank
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 5704 |
Journal Citation Indicator
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 605 |
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.899 |
Quartile
| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | Q1 |
Impact Factor Trend
Abstracting & Indexing
Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.
Subjects & Keywords
Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.
Most Cited Articles
The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.
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After or beyond feeling? A consideration of affect and emotion in geography
Citation: 440
Authors: Deborah
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Affect – an ethnocentric encounter? Exploring the ‘universalist’ imperative of emotional/affectual geographies
Citation: 320
Authors: Divya P
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Landscape connectivity: the geographic basis of geomorphic applications
Citation: 297
Authors: Gary, Kirstie, Vikrant
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Flogging a dead norm? Newspaper coverage of anthropogenic climate change in the United States and United Kingdom from 2003 to 2006
Citation: 274
Authors: Maxwell T
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Carbon reduction, ‘the public’ and renewable energy: engaging with socioâ€technical configurations
Citation: 269
Authors: Gordon, Noel
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Adapting visual methods: action research with Kampala street children
Citation: 257
Authors: Lorraine, Hazel